Air New ZealandNZ
Flights NZ5841 07:35 Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa · NZ5851 10:25 daily · NZ5845 13:05 daily · NZ5859 14:00 Mo Tu Sa Su
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Direct flights from Nelson (NSN) to Christchurch (CHC): 7 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. 1 of the 1 tracked flights was cancelled. The nonstop covers 250 km, an estimated 49 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Nelson and Christchurch. Updated 12 October 2026 at 11:08 UTC.
Today, NSN → CHC
Mon 12 Oct · local times- · NZ5859Air New Zealand Cancelled ·
Checked CHC board 00:08
NSN
Nelson
tracking
CHC
Christchurch
smooth · +0
250 km · ~0h 49m est.
Running clean · 1 airline · 7x weekly · nonstop
100 / 100
route health from live NSN and CHC delay boards
1 of 1 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →
Flight time~0h 49mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures7x1 direct airline on the leg
The week
scheduled departures · origin local time06121824
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Air New Zealand
Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.
Who flies it
observed on the boards · 7 daysHistory
operated legs · board outcomesActual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.
Full board history, day by day →
Airports right now
live boardsnext sweep in 120s
How the Nelson to Christchurch route actually runs
Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop NSN to CHC flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.
Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure
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Pro Flight Search — Nelson (NSN) to Christchurch (CHC) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.
Canonical URL
How we measure this →
https://proflightsearch.com/search-flights/NSN-CHC
NSN to CHC questions
Is NSN–CHC running on time right now?
Smooth skies ahead. Both endpoints currently score the same, route health score 100/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
How long is the flight from NSN to CHC?
Great-circle distance is 250 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 48–51 min gate-to-gate on this route.
How often does NSN–CHC fly?
Air New Zealand runs the route with about 38 flights a week (daily). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.
What does the route health score measure?
A blend of departure-side delay at NSN and arrival-side delay at CHC, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.
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